Who are the true citizens?Extract from Hong Kong by Harold IngramsLondon, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1952, pp 249-251We cannot however look in these communities for 100% citizens of Hong Kong, nor shall we find them among the British expatriates. There are some British families settled in Hong Kong, but Britain is still home to them. […]
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The Past MasterThe good, the bad and the infamousJason Wordie[Source unknown, but possibly The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 2010]Hong Kong’s Legislative Council is often criticised as being an ineffectual “talk shop”. While few would disagree entirely with that, it is a distinct improvement on times past when Hansard issues indicated that many Legco members
Incêndio no Hipódromo de Happy Valley em 1918Roy Eric XavierAbril 2012Este artigo foi publicado no site Far East Currents, criado pelo Dr. Roy Eric Xavier, da Universidade da Califórnia em Berkeley, que se dedica à investigação sobre a comunidade portuguesa em Hong Kong. O Dr. Xavier autorizou gentilmente a sua reprodução aqui.PrelúdioO final do inverno
Roll of Honour, Stanley Military Cemetery, Hong KongMany of those who died in the defence of Hong Kong in December 1941 are buried in Stanley Military Cemetery and recorded in the Roll of Honour. I have extracted the names of those whom I could identify as Macanese from that list. (In this I was aided
The Sorry Treatment of our War HeroesBy Anthony CorreaFirst published in the Bulletin of the Lusitano Club (Hong Kong). Top row standing: Army Instructor, , , Luís Romano Sequeira, Charles Edward Mackintosh, Alfredo Silva, Army Instructor, , , Alfredo Soares, ?, , , Army Instructor. Middle row kneeling: , Paulo Reis Front row sitting: ?,
Sir Albert Maria RodriguesOBE, CBE, MBE (Mil), ED, Chev. Legd’ Hon, KtGC (St. Sye), Ordem de Christo, LLD, JP1911 – 2006This is a slightly edited version of an article published in the Bulletin of Club Lusitano of Hong Kong, 12 June 2017.Albert Maria Rodrigues was born on the 5th November 1911, the only son of
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The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) Originally published in the Bulletin of the Lusitano Club of California, Vol. 27 No. 1, Spring 2017by Filomeno Baptista The Regiment was formed in 1854 in response to an appeal by the Colonial Secretary. Ninety nine residents, mostly Portuguese, signed up becoming the first Volunteers. It was disbanded when
Shrinking community still has big role to play in HK Sir Roger Lobo’s outstanding public service and private career stand out Jason Wordie Thursday June 10 1993 Sir Roger Lobo has surely carved a niche for himself in this corner of the world, and stands out as one of the many Portuguese who have made a
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GOODBYE TO ALL THATFilomeno “Meno” Baptista, March 2010Japan surrendered unconditionally on August 15th 1945 and soon the rush to return to Hong Kong began. In early September our heroes arrived in Macau onboard a British frigate HMS Parret to reunite with their families; through them we learned that the prisoners who had been sent to Japan to
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Chivit Boca Sujo e mas Pastro-Pastro Macaísta Luis Felipe Baptista, PhDoriginally published in the UMA News Bulletin UMA News Bulletin, Sep-Oct 1999, pp.12-15At Professor Armando (Pinky) Silva’s suggestion and encouragement I wrote an essay on common Hong Kong birds that I remembered from my childhood days with the main goal of preserving for posterity the Macaísta names for
